Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1936, Page 36

SCHOOL IS SOUGHT BY TAKOMA GROUP Greene Appointed to Push Plea for Building in Walter Reed Area. A movement has been inaugurated by the Citizens’ Associated of Takoma, D. C, for early construction of a jun- for high school in the Shepherd Park- ‘Walter Reed-Takoma Park area and the Board of Education has been re- quested to give the project serious consideration in its building construc- tion program. The association indorsed the propo- sition and instructed Willlam M. Greene, chairman of the School Com- mittee, to present the matter to the school officials to stress the impor- tance of the need. Greene points out this school would receive pupils from the Takoma Park and Shepherd schools and provide for future expansion of the school popu- lation. Large unimproved areas are now available on Sixteenth street op- posite Walter Reed Hospital and also a tract lying between Georgia avenue and Blair road. Unless the land is purchased within a reasonable time | the rapidly growing sections will oc- cupy this property. Paul Nearest Junior High. “The nearest junior high school,” says Greene, “to this area is now the Paul Junior High School, which is more than a mile away from some of its pupils. A site which the school board has in view farther south is said to be only eight blocks from the Paul school and about the same dis- tance from the Macfarland Junior High School and its erection would not relieve the congested condition near the District line.” The early abandonment of the old Brightwood School on Georgia ave- nue in Brightwood is indorsed by the associgtion. This school is now being occupied as an-annex to the Paul Jun- for High School because of crowded conditions. The construction of a senior high school at Fifth and Sher- idan streets is urged and the school board is being requested to give this project a prominent place in the five- year building program. Greene says the building of this school is obviously a necessity, known not only to the citizens of the area, but to the super- intendent of schools as well. “A survey of all territory to be served by a senior high school at this point will disclose that the area is not fully built up, but is being rapidly developed as a residential area,” con- tinues Greene “and we fear that the building program will not keep pace with the rapidly increasing school population. This statement is based on past experiences with particular reference to the Paul Junior High School and the Roosevelt Senior High School.” Greene's Appeal. Chairman Greene, in referring to the proposed school bill authorizing a building program from 1937 to 1942, in his appeal to the Board of Education said: “We agree in principle with the provisions of the proposed bill, with a few exceptions, noted above. We do not believe, however, that necessity and expediency should be sacrificed to pressure on the superintendent of the School Board either from civic or political sour®s. The superinten- dent of schools is fully aware of the situation existing in the Third School Division, with particular reference to the Takoma Park area, as regards both junior and senior high school facilities. With the rapid strides be- ing made in the growth of the com- munity, it is a foregone conclusion that the school needs of the area will | not become less. In summarizing the | needs of the area covered by the Citizens’ Association of Takoma, D. C., it is desired to repeat that we cannot afford to criticize improvements se- cured by other communities. Neither can the superintendent of schools nor the Board of Education afford | to ignore the reasonable and repeated | demands of the organized citizenry of 0 large an area as that covered by this association and neighboring or- ganizations affected in this matter. It is requested therefore, that the old Brightwood School be abandoned at the earliest possible date; provision be made for a site and building in the Shepherd-Walter Reed-Takoma Park area a senior high school build- ing and stadium at Fifth and Sheridan streets be continued in the bill and be made a matter of urgent and im- mediate legislation. DISABLED VETERAN DELEGATES CHOSEN Department Commander Anderson and John T. Chedester to Go to Milwaukee. Dr. C. H. Anderson, department | commander, and John T. Chedester, were selected by the District of Cc- lumbia Department Executive Cor mittee of the Disabled American Vet- erans at a meeting Wednesday night to represent the department at the national convention in Milwaukee July 20 to 25. Tentative plans are for the Wash- ington group to leave Lere July 17. Ralph L. Chambers and Mary Anne Kennedy have been selected as cGele- gates to represent the Rea Chapter at the national conclave. The department officers ecxpressed ‘their appreciation to Representative John E. Rankin, chairman of the Vet- erans’ Committee, last week in get- ting through Congress amendments to the law governing benefits to certain widows and orphans of service-con- - nected disabled men. AUXILIARY FORMED An auxiliary to Wakefield Chapter, No. 48, Military Order of the Purple Heart, has been formed by Mrs. James F. Mickel, national deputy chief of staff of the unit. Installation ceremonies of the offi- cers were conducted at a dinner at the Colonial Hotel last night by Mrs. L. J. Nachtmann, national president, of Philadelphia. The officers are: Mrs. Sterling L. Morelock, president; Mrs. Norman L. Botsford, senior vice president; Mrs. Charles A. Mead, junior vice presi- dent; Mrs. Michael Kostick, secre- tary; Mrs. Joseph Grobarek, treas- urer; Mrs. George A. Timpany, chaplain; Mrs. Peter De Roselli, his- States Army Band, which will lead the | chairman of the Folk Dance Commit- | and Christmas days fall. Neither are drills authorized during the period in its two-week prescribed annual train- ing duty at sea, Fleet Division, Lieut. (J. G.) W. Croft Jennings, has received a letter from Capt. R. E. Cassidy, U. 8. N, com- mander of Destroyer Squadron 10, of Army Band to Provide Music—Capt. Orcutt Lists Program. Leo A. Rover, former District At- torney here, will be the guest speaker at the patriotic exercises to be held at the conclusion of the July 4 parade at Takoma Park. ‘The exercises will take place at 11 a.m. on the reviewing stand at the in- tersection of Denwood, Philadelphia and Maple avenues. Capt. Harold W. Orcutt, chairman of the patriotic program of the Inde- pendence day community celebra- tion, announces the music for the ex- ercises will be rendered by the United parade at 9:30 am. The Rev. A. Paul Schearrer, pastor of the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, will pronounce the invocation. The raising of the American flag and official salute will take place with appropriate ceremo- nies, led by the band, with the Boy and Girl Scouts and veterans taking part. Vocal solos will be sung by Miss Clara Mae Tarbett, and prizes will be presented to the winners of the recent poster contest conducted in the public schools of Takoma Park. A patriotic pageant will be staged, the principal characters being George Washington, Betsy Ross and Francis Scott Key. General Chairman Walter Irey an- nounces the following additional 1s- signments: Mrs. Marguerite W. Hobbs, tee, participated in by children from the J. Enos Ray Public School. Mrs. | Charles E. Thomas will be vice chair- | man of the same committee. Addi- | tional members to General Advisory Committee: Burt W. Andrews, sr.; Lieut. Col. Albert L. Barrows, David T. Blose, Dr. Guy Clinton, John W. Coffman, sr., Haviland W. Hobbs, Mel- ville D. Lindsay, Thomas W. Marshall, sr., Mrs. C. E. Phillips, David J. Price and Clarence E. Walker. Leo A. Rover Featured Speaker At Takoma July 4 Celebration THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 21, 1936—PART TWO. LEO A. ROVER. Dr. Albert A. Spear is in charge of the amplifying service and J. C. Sher- bahn, chairman; Joseph A. Griffith, vice chairman, and Maj. William F. Fischer, in charge of the sale of tick- ets for the reserved seat section at the fireworks display on the Hodge's tract adjoining the Philadelphia avenue ele- mentary school. The police and traf- fic arrangements have been placed in the hands of Fred C. Duehring and Preston C. King, , for both the pa- rade and fireworks display. Grand Marshal E. Brook Fetty and Assistant Marshal George B. Kissin- ger, announce that the parade will start promptly at 9:30 o'clock on the morning of July 4, from the Maryland side of the Piney Branch road under- pass, led by the United States Army Band and police escort from both Maryland and the District. The route | will be via Piney Branch road to Cedar street, to Carroll street, to Carroll ave- nue, to Denwood, Philadelphia and Maple avenues, where it will disband. The parade will assemble at 9 o'clock at the intersection of Chestnut, East- ern and Takoma avenues facing the underpass. Size of Nava Units W111 1 Reserve ABeWI»nicreasedi Orders Received Fro HE Ist Battalion, United States| | Naval Reserves in the District of Columbia, will be incrensed‘ in strength by 30 enlisted men, | beginning on July 1, it was announced | at the battalion headquarters here; this week. This will be a part of the increase allowed for Naval Reserve divisions throughout the country by Oongress made for use during the, coming fiscal year by the Reserve, | contingents. The size of the fleet | divisions, it might be explained, is) yard on Friday, August 7. .Definite limited by the appropriations which | liberty ports for.the cruise have not | Congress allows each year for pay, as each officer and enlisted man re- | ceives one day's pay for each drill| he participates in, up to certain | maximum which is fixed by the Navy Guantanamo, Cuba. Department. The Reservists for several years have been urging an increase in the' size of the Naval Reserve divisions, | pointing out that more men should | be trained for this branch of thel service in time of peace. Because of the highly technical nature of| service aboard ships of the fleet it| has been pointed out that these men cannot be trained for sea duty as| readily as men in the various branches | of the Army. | The Naval Reserve Officers’ As- | sociation sought an increase of 20 men for each division and made a| strong bid in Congress for this num- | ber, but the legislators did not see fit at this time to provide such a large increase. Even with this increase, it was indicated, there will be little op- portunity for new men to join the| organization, as the vacancies will be | fillled by members of the Volunteer Naval Reserve now drilling with the fleet divisions. The members of the( volunteer branch of the Reserve are not required to participate in weekly drills, and do not receive pay, but if | they are interested they are permitted to drill with the active units with a view to a transfer to them in the event of vacancies. The local divisions are practically filled up with men of this class now. In filling the vacancies the selections are made from men who have shown enough interest to give their time freely with the idea of fitting themselves for service, although they do not receive any of the privileges of the Fleet| Reservists—that is, they are not per- mitted to take the annual cruise un- less there is a fleet Reservist who | does not go. Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, chief of the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy Department, sent orders which were received at the local bat- talion headquarters last week an- nouncing the authority to increase the size of the divisions. The present quota of the divisions is 56 men, and an increase will give 66 enlisted men for each division. Lieut. (J. G.) E. C. Carusi, adjutant of the local battalion, announced that members of the Volunteer Reserve who have been drilling regularly with the three District divisions and members of the recruit school shortly will be transferred to a Fleet Reserve status to fill the vacancies made by the authorized increase. Activities of the recruit school will be continued on each Monday evening at the Naval Reserve Armory in the Washington Navy Yard, at 8 o'clock, under the di- rection of the recruiting officer, En- sign H. W. Lamar, to consider ap- plications of men between the ages of 17 and 28 years for enlistment in the battalion. The Bureau of Navigation has fur- ther ordered that the number of au- thorized drills of fleet divisions for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1936, will be 48. No drills will be held dur- ing the weeks in which Thanksgir which the local battalion will make The commanding officer of the 1st torian, and Miss Sarah Catherine Botsford, sergeant at arms. Monte R. Williams, historian of :rmlinlm Cemetery, delivered an ad- A to Add 10 Men to Each Division on July 1. | down the Potomac to Colonial Beach m Navy Department cruise aboard the U. S. destroyer Tarbell of Squadron 10, under com- | mand of Lieut. Comdr. W. S, Macau- | lay. Ship assignments for the 2nd and 3rd Fleet Divisions are expected shortly. The Washington battalion this year will make its annual train- ! ing cruise to the West Indies, with each of the local divisions assigned ' schedule calls for embarkation at the Washington Navy Yard on Saturday. July 25, and return to the Washington | out been announced to date, but it has been indicated that the squadron with | the local Reservists aboard will put in | at the United States naval station at | | The battalion last week concluded a series of drills aboard the U. S.| destroyer Leary, which has been tied | up at the Washington Navy Yard for | the purpose of allowing the local di- visions to hold weekly evening drills on board, using all available equip- ment of the ship. The final drills on board the Leary consisted of battle | problems for each division. These | problems, which, it was explained, are among the most important phases of | Naval Reserve training, are designed to simulate battle action in actual | fighting engagements at sea. Each officer and man of the division is re- quired to carry out the duties of his battle station as he would in time of a real engagement. Details of the battle problems are not revealed until the division has manned all of its battle assignments, and then the va- | rious phases of the problems are | given at stated time intervals as the | division meets the emergencies. The Leary is scheduled to sail for the West Indies on July 15 with a group of Naval Reserve Officers’ Train- ing Corps men from Northwestern Uni- versity on board for a two weeks cruise. It was announced last week that ‘Washington boys who wish to be con- sidered as candidates for the Naval Academy through the Naval Reserve | examinations have been requested to enter their applications at the Naval Reserve Armony. Applications are received on Monday evenings, | Lieut. J. G. R. J. Zanzot, deck platoon officer of the 1st Fleet Division, was in command of the Reserve train- ing launch for the week end cruise and Cobb Island last week. Enlisted men on board were taken from the 1st Fleet Division. The Recruit School, drilling each Monday evening, is showing much in- terest in the possibility of the bat- talion obtaining two 10-oared cutters. These cutters would be used for train- ing the recruits in small boat han- dling. It is proposed to have sailing and rowing races near the Washing- ton Navy Yard on Saturday after- noons and Sundays when these boats arrive. W. L. Burke, seaman, first class, 3d Fleet' Division, has been transferred to the Volunteer Naval Reserve from the fleet contingent. David A. Clark, apprentice seaman, 3d Fleet Division, has returned to his home at West Plains, N. Y., and his records have been transferred to the 3d Navy District Headquarters at New York. ‘The armory question has again come to the fore as a result of the in- crease in the size of the divisions, and the battalion officers not only are looking for places where they can put lockers, but also for space for drill purposes. With the fleet divi- slons at their present strength, the drill hall is too small for: indoor train- ing for a company of Infantry, and the addition of 10 men to each divi- sion will seriously handicap the bat- falion officers. » The battalion officers are doing everything within their power to press the armory project, but so far have made little headway. They have asked for an allocation from the Works Progress Administration amounting to $500,000, and all of this would be the Scouting Forces Training Squad- | used for construction of s building, | Draney, principal, ron, aboard the U. S. destroyer Jacob | as a site now is available in the| Mrs. Ira Law of the American Red Jones, flagship of the squadron, an- | Washington Navy Yard, on the water | Cross discussed nounced that the 1st Division of | front and near the Eleventh Street|advisability of having s swimming Washington wl.l.l‘uuh its training | Bridge over the Anacostia River. [} TAXIGAB LIABILITY MEASURE IS URGED North Capitol Body Impow- ers Committee to Push for New Law. The Executive Committee of the North Capitol Citizens' Association in- dorses and strongly recommends that proper legislative measures be passed requiring taxicabs and taxicab asso- clations to give evidence of financial responsibility to cover personal in- juries or property damages, Secretary James A. Crooks announced yester- day. The committee is authorized to investigate and to act for the group in this matter. ‘The group’s proposal is to require each taxicab association whose trade name and decorations appear on taxi- cabs and the owners of individually operated cabs to deposit with the Di- rector of Motor Vehicles and Traffic evidence of financial responsibility to answer for damages that may be caused by the operation of cabs. Set-up Is Outlined. A number of these associations are organized presumably for the mutual benefit of the owners and operators. They maintain a call service, adver- tise and permit decoration of the cabs in order to create the idea that the organization is a large and responsible concern. Some of these associations have no assets and no interest in the cabs operated under the trade name, Crooks said. “The average person in the District has no idea that if he were to receive personal injuries, whether as a pas- senger or not, or damages to his auto- mobile, he would have little hope, un- der existing laws, of recovering from the association whose name and colors | adorn the cab,” said Crooks. Evidence of responsibility, by insur- ance, deposit or other means, should be filed with the Motor Vehicles De- partment to show that each cab and association has ample coverage before license tags are issued to the appli- | cant, he claims. “Private operators and owners are now required, under recent legislation, to show evidence of their liability to satisfy judgment where it exceeds $100, yet cab associations and individ- ually operated cabs, which do not come within the provisions of this legislation, are permitted to use the streets as a source of livelihood with- assuming any responsibility,” Crooks said. “Adequate legislation in some form is not only necessary, but urgent,” he continued. Responsibility Held Small. “With taxicabs racing over the streets of the District and operated mostly by persons who have no inter- est in the cabs and who are not finan- cially able to compensate those who | are damaged and registered in the names of persons who usually have but small equity in the ownership, it is apparent that for the protection of persons and property, adequate regu- the additipnal appropriations which | to a separate destroyer. The cruisipg | ldtion is essential,” he stated. “Pinancial responsibility would acl s & preventive as well as a prot tion,” Crooks said. § PLAYGROUND NEED IN BURLEITH CITE New Area With Equipment and Staffing of Present One Sought. The Playgrounds Committee of the Burleith Citizens’ Association is striv- ing to obtain a playground for the area and to secure better facilities for the present school playgrounds, Lieut. Comdr R. Montgomery, chair- man of the committee, announced yesterday. ‘The committee is authorized to pro- ceed in this matter with full support of the association behind it, he said. There are small playgrounds at Gordon Junior High and Fillmore Schools which have no regular super- vision and do not adequately serve the area because they are not large enough and do not have proper facili- ties, Montgomery said. New Area Sought. ‘The group asks further that a play- ground be located in the southern portion of the area so that chil- dren will not have to encounter heavy trafic on the two thoroughfares. It the two school playgrounds are equipped and supervised and the new one provided, and access to Western High School stadium is obtained for the year round, the present need for playgrounds in this area will be met, he said. Explaining that the Physical Edu- cation Department of the schools, the Playgrounds Department and the Parks Division are so closely related, Comdr. Montgomery said they should be combined into one department. The result would produce better facili- ties at less cost to the taxpayers, he said. The physical education teacher is through with the pupil when he leaves the class room. The teacher never gets the opportunity to make practical use of his training. On the play- ground, the pupll is either without su- pervision or under some one who is not informed with what the student is being taught in class or possibly | the supervisor had a different program from the teacher. Thus the depart- ments seem to work against each other rather than together, he said.| This eonfusion would not result if the divisions were combined, he stated. Exercise Need Stressed. ‘Then, too, it is only the athletically | inclined child who makes use of lhe{ playgrounds and the underdeveloped child does net get outdoor exnrch_] Comdr. Montgomery said. “It is not | how well the child /‘plays the game, but the idea is for it to get outdoor exercise,” he said. | Children who have tuberculosis tendencies do not get out in the sun- light because they cannot make the team. If the same physical educa- tion instructors that teach in the class room could use the playgrounds for practical training then all would be better benefited because children hat are weaker and have less physical bility could play among themselves, | he said. . Officers of McKinley High P.-T. Installed by Mrs. Fry RS. WALTER B. FRY, presi- dent of the District of Co- lumbla Congress of Parents and Teachers, installed officers of the McKinley High School Associa- tion at the last meeting. They are: Mrs. Horace Richard- son, president; Mrs. Ralph Hoagland, first vice president; F. C. Daniel. sec- ond vice president; William J. Weber, third vice president; Miss L. M. Coates, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Elmer Newby, recording secretary, and Mrs. Frank Gummel, treasurer. Presidents of the 10 junior high schools which have parent-teacher | associations held the final meelmx} of the group at the Anacostia Junior- Senior High School, when Mrs. Ed- ward R. Seal was elected secretary and Mrs. Sargent Elliott treasurer. They, with Mrs, Dell Gilbert Sale, representative to the State Congress, were installed by Mrs. Bertha Eldred. Dr. Chester Holmes, principal of the Anacostia school, spoke on the ad- vantages of the no-home-work method of conducting the school. An in- spection of the school was made, fol- lowed by lunch served in the house- keeping rooms by the home economics department, Congress Heights. The following officers were installed by Mrs. Walter S. Fry, president, Dis- trict of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers: Mrs. Archie Finegan, president; Mrs. Ira Marine, first vice president; Miss Eva M. Trusheim, second vice president; Mrs. Nina Wil- son, recording secretary; Mrs. F. K. Reybold, corresponding secretary: Miss S. E. Noll, treasurer, Miss E. A. Didden, historian. historian. Powell Junior High. Mrs. L. B. Castell, past president District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers, installed the following officers: Mrs. Edward R. Seal, president; R. W. Phillips, vice president; Mrs. William Beattie, re- cording secretary; Mrs. Hugh Dryden, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Maurice Eanet, treasurer; Mrs. James West- cott, R. W. Green and Dr. Hugh Dryden, members at large. Mrs. Seal announced the following committee chairmen: Mrs. A. S. Man- gene, membership; Mrs. Marie Clagett Bowie, student aid; Lester T. Walter, program; Miss Myrtle Moore, home education; Miss Dena Weitzel, health; Mrs. E. Kegley, section sponsors; Mrs. Dell Gilbert Sale, publicity; Mrs. E. Carr, Juvenile Court. The Boys’ Glee Club, under the direction of Mrs. E. Tawney, fur- nished a program. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, spoke on “What Constitutes Caracter Education.” John Burroughs. Mrs. Walter B. Fry, presidént, Dis- tric of Columbia Congress of. Parents and Teachers, installed the following officers: Mrs.- E. G. Sievers, presi- dent; Mrs. E. M. Nelson, first vice president; Mrs. G. E. Jacobson, third vice president; Mrs. L. F. Kreek, treasurer; Mrs. A. L. Lawrence, as- sistant treasurer; Mrs. S. B. Michael, secretary; Mrs. F. J. Roy, correspond- ing secretary. The office of second vice president will remain vacant pending the appointment of the new principal of the school. Mrs. Scott, past president, presented corsages to Mrs. Fry, Miss M. E. and Mrs. Sievers. swimming and the mh‘thllurmy. .| school reopens. | The association entertained the[ | principal and teachers at a luncheon | | Thursday. Gage. A luncheon was given at the school | for the teachers and Boy Patrol, and | ice cream was served the last day of | | school. 1 The following chairmen have beenv appointed: Program, Mrs. I G.| | Blumer; publicity. Mrs. R. A. Jack- son; hospitality, Mrs. W. A. Ryon: | membership, Mrs. A. S. Kay: finance | and budget, Mrs. Harry Klotz; Sum- | mer round-up, Mrs. F. E. Todd: study | | group, Mrs. J. F. Gaghan: Parent- Teacher Magazine, Mrs. G. C. Fultz; | | milk fund, Mrs. H. F. Swann; juvenile court, Mrs. Harold Price. Cranch-Tyler. « The association gave the Boy Pa- trols a party in appreication of their services during the year. Guests of honor were Miss E. M. Crook, princi- pal; Mrs. William Moriarity, presi- dent, and Jack O'Connell, from the fifth precinct. Mrs. C. L. Domer, safety chairman, was in charge. A party was also given to the graduating classes of both schools. Guests included Miss Crook, Mrs. Moriarity, Miss Ewers and Miss Dugan, sixth grade teachers. Mrs. C. L. Domer and Mrs. H. Metzger were in charge of the parties. ‘Wheatley. The P.-T. A. Home Garden Com- mittee, Mrs, L. Burge, Mrs. S. George and Mrs. A. Mason, functfoning under the Wheatley Summer activities proj-‘ ect, has visited home gardens each Thursday afternoon since Spring. This committee will continue its visits each Thursday morning until Mrs. J. N. Saunders, past president District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers, presented 29 pupils with school letters earned for outstanding citizenship in connection with the Wheatley character educa- tion project, Wednesday at the fare- well assembly, which was in charge of Mrs. A. 8. Brooks and Miss S. Mellichampe. Mesdames S. George F. Paravati and H. Shillings, room representa- tives for Mrs. A. Brooks’ sixth grade, gave a tea for parents and pupils of that class, while Mrs. Gene Starr gave one for Miss M. Espey's class in honor of Jackie Starr's birthday. Jznney. A picnic was held in Rock Creek Park Thursday, with Mrs. L. B. Cas- tell, past president of the District Congress, as guest of honor. Mrs. Laura De Witt, president, en- tertained the Executive Board and new chairmen at the school Wednes- day. Mrs. H. L. Colman, hospitality chairman, planned the, graduating party Wednesday, when gifts were presented to members of the Boy Patrol. Grade mothers planned parties for their respective rooms. Bancroft. Mrs. Marie Clagett Bowie was chairman of the committee in charge of the party given by the association to the members of the graduating class Tuesday afternoon. There are 71 members of the class and they presented a framed copy of the Con- stitution to the school. Each of the sixth grade teachers, Miss Callie Moore and Mrs. B. Eastlack, -were presented with candy, as was also Civie Bodies, Civic Problems Mingled Feelings Meet Actions of Congress. Citizen Leaders to Attend Roberts’ Public Utilities Conference on June 29. BY JESSE C. SUTER. ITH mingleu feeling of relief, disappointment and disgust organized clvic Washington views the past week's doings on Capitol Hill. There is relief that the Dis- trict appropriation bill has at last passed. There is widespread dis- appointment that the other Senate amendments did not stick and there is equally widespread dis- gust that the Federal share was whittled down to so inequitable an amount, Even overshadowing in interest the breakng of the appropria- tion deadlock was a questionnaire sent to the officers and teachers of the public schools by the act- ing chairman of the House appro- priations subcommittee. The real civic sensation was the placing of responsibility for this ques tionnaire on the Federation of Citi- zens' Associatibn. While the presi- dent and vice president of the fed- eration denied all responsibility a federation committee chairman claimed the credit for inspiring ihe action. ‘The House on Thursday passed without debate two Senate bills, two House bills and four Senate joint resolutions. The Senate bills provide for the granting of charters to trust companies upon the same basis as national banks and authorize the laying of a pipe line by a local corporation. These and the four resolutions go to the President. Two of these provide the necessary authority in connection with the inaugura- tion of the President next Jan- uary. Another legalizes the ap- pointment of Isaac Gans as a member of the” Alcoholic Beverage Control Board despite his having passed the retirement age and the other making December 26, 1936, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia. The House bills which require Senate action authorize the supply of steam heat from the Federal central heating plant to any District buildings erected in Judiciary square or in the Muni- cipal Center area, and a bill estab- lishing two classes of detectives in the Police Department and fixing their additional compensation. A few more District measures are expected to get through before Congress adjourns but there.ap- pears to be no hope for the passage of the bill repealing the so-called “red rider.” This bill will be re- introduced in the seventy-fifth Congress tnd is expected to have extensive civic organization sup- port. The Famous Questionnaire And Citizens' Federation. DIVISION of opinion exists among delegates to the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations as to what should be done regarding the Qquestionnaire sent to the officers and teachers of the public schools, Some appear stunned by the placing of responsibility for this sensational document on the fed- eration but hesitate to participate in any action which might in- furiate Representative Blanton. Others are indignant that a special subcommittee chairman should have put the federation in a posi- tion so unpopular with the com- munity. The latter class are strongly in favor of an early special meeting of the federation or its Executive Committee and the adoption of resolutions repudiating the action of the delegate who suggested the sending of the questionnaire. The action of this delegate as a spokes- man for the federation they claim is contrary to the spirit of the ob- ject of the federation as set out in its constitution. Section 1 of Ar- ticle II of the constitution is as follow: “The object of this fed- eration is to obtain the expression of the general public sentiment upon matters of special interest to all the citizens of the District, and which require concerted action.” Whether the federation will undertake the handling of this problem now or will permit it to drift until the next regular meet- ing in October cannot now be pre- dicted. The federation president has stated in interviews with rep- resentatives of the press that he does not contemplate calling a special meeting. The president is required to call a special meeting upon a written request signed by at least one delegate from each of five member associations, * * *. Meetings of the Executive Commit- tee are required to be called upon the written request of five or more members of the committee. Citizens to Confer Regarding Public Utilities Problems. INV]TATIONS have gone from the people’s counsel, William A. Roberts, to the presidents of all Citizens’ Associations inviting them with their Public Utility Commit- tee chairmen to a conference on Monday, June 29. Among the problems to be discussed are mass transportation, power, gas and telephone service. This con- ference is designed to develop the civic organization viewpoint as to the approach to these problems, for the guidance of the people’s counsel. Roberts outlines the agenda for the conference under three general heads, with subheads, as follows: 1. Mass transportation — (a) Gradual increasing number of dif- ferent rates of fare instead of a uniform rate. (b) Standard of service—cleanliness, safety, includ- ing use of one-man cars and over= loading. (c) Whether additional legislation is required other than dependence upon the Public Util- ities Commission. 2. Electric power—(a) No valu- ation ever made of the property of the Potomac Electric Power Co. (b) Rate base includes property in both the District and Maryland, making it difficult to arrive at a proper rate. (c) What procedure shall be followed to compel a valu- ation and to check over state- ments of costs under the sliding scale. 3. Gas—(a) Whether or not to conduct a campaign to eliminate the use of two meters for different classes of service, necessitating ad- ditional bookkeeping and meter service. (b) Control of prices of natural gas. Pending in Congress is a bill to regulate interstate transmission of natural gas, which will be reintroduced in the 75th Congress—the gas company is in- Miss Grace Lind, principal. A.pro- gram of songs, dances and readings, under the direction of James Baxter, ‘was presented during the afternoon. A terested in a reductipn of ocost of natural gas through consumption and consequent increased quantity The Public Utilities Commission is to investigate telephone rates. Roberts expects this to result in el'mination of the charge for hand sets and a lower ocost of extensions to both domestic and commercial service and possibly a reduction in the basic rate for domestic phones, Roberts, in his capacity as the Peoples’ counsel, endeavors to rep- resent faithfully the views of the citizens. He finds the organized civic bodies the most satisfactory channels for obtaining the people’s viewpoint. Allen Proposes to Capture Democratic National Convention. ITH plans all set and his ad- vance guard already in Phila- delphia, Commissioner George E. Allen is determined to capture the Democratic National Convention for District national representa- ton, or know the reason why. Delegates and visitors to the con- vention will have no difficulty in learning that there is still taxa- tion without representation at the National Capital; that these fel- low-Americans have no part in the councils of the Nation ex- cept through their delegates at the conventions which nominate can- didates for President and Vice President. Packages of tea with informative tags attached, hand bills, repro- ductions of famous cartoons, ban- ners and slogans will tell the story. | This promises to be the most carefully planned, sensational and elaborate attempt ever made to in- terest a party convention in a solu- tion of the District of Columbia | problem number 1. Organized civic Washington has | for years seen as the only solution | of this problem an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, empowering Congress to grant to the people of the District of Columbia voting representation in the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives, the vote for President and Vice President and the same right of access to the Courts of the United States as possessed by the citizens of a State. Members of civic bodies are planning to listen-in very carefully to the proceedings in Philadelphia this week with the hope that at last they may get a plank in the Na- tional Democratic platform com- mitting that great organization to the application of American prin- ciples to the National Capital. Making the Country Understand The District’s Difficulties. UST how to make the country understand the District’s dif- flculties is one of the knottiest of our civic problems. Whenever the District is in a jam over de- layed or denied legislative action or a situation like the questionnaire to the teachers, some wise one in another community rises up and tells what his people in his com- munity would do about it. Such people look with pity at the Dis- trict because it does not go and do likewise. In every such instance the course of action suggested is based upon an effective control by the voters of the community over the | delinquent or offending legislators. | The franchise in every case is the effective weapon and these well- | meaning ones who look upon the District citizens as weaklings ap- pear innocent of any knowledge that our legislators are elected by the voters in remote parts of the country—that they are “wished on us” without our advice or consent. Baltimore is said to have a fine public school association formed to keep politics out of the schools. Through the effective use of pol- itics, through the ballot box, the Baltimore schools are said to have been completely protected from such menace. In the District we have a public school association and a large and energetic Congress of Parent- Teacher Associations but these bodies. armed only with the right | of humble petition, cannot begin to | produce results possible in a com- munity like Baltimore. The frequence with which cit- izens of neighboring and remote cities suggest what they would do if confronted by some of the Dis- trict’s difficulties indicates a desire on their part to help. To acquaint them with the underlying causes is a big job but a very necessary one. ‘The problem is, just how and by whom is this to be done. The people of the country have not the remotest idea as to the un-Amer- ican conditions under which the District people live. There is an abiding faith among many in the civic ranks that a host of good Americans would aid in our rescue if they only knew the “fix” we are in. | A class was initiated by Washington Cochran, Ralph A. Cusick, Robert Lee | Hall, William F. Hammett and Howard | 8. Singleton. | Flag day exercises were held last Sunday night. John D. Fitzgerald, past exalted ruler. delivered the pa- triotic address, “Elkdom Dedicated to | Americanism,” and Edwin S. Puller, rendered the history of the flag. Th2 Elks Boys’ Band played. Thomas A. O'Donnell, chairman of | the Orphans’ Outing Club, has called & meeting of that committee tomorrow night to formulate plans and appoint subcommittees for the outing July 22 at Glen Echo Park. In appreciation of the services ren- dered by Fred L. Catlin as chairman of the Dance Committee for the past two years the lodge, through Philip U. Gayaut, esteemed leading knight, pre- sented him with a wrist watch. BATTALION LIST LIMITED Only men with previous military training may now enlist in the 5th Battalion, Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, for active duty during the field train- ing period from August 16 to 30. The deadline for enlistment of youngsters without military training was passed June 15. Marine Reservists who are in the Eastern or Southern Reserve areas in & casual status may also affiliate with | this battalion for the fleld training | period. | The training schedule will be de- | voted almost entirely’to company and battalion combat maneuvers. The age limits for enlistments are from 17 to 35. . Lodge Wednesday. including George S. | BETTER BUSINESS ELECTION TUESDAY Kiwanis Convention Open- ing Today, Scheduled as “Family” Affair. Officers will be elected and the an- nual report will be heard at the an- nual meeting of the Better Business Bureau Tuesday noon in the Oak Room of the Raleigh Hotel Lanier P. McLachlen, chairman of the board, will preside at the meeting, which will convene at 12:30 pm. Jo- seph W. Marshall, the new bureau di- rector, who succeeded Louis Roths- child several months ago, will make the annual report to the membership. The election of officers will also be held. The present officers are Lanier P. McLachlen, president; B. B. Bur- gunder, vice president, and Y. E. Booker, treasurer. A “Family” Convention. The International Convention of the Kiwanis Clubs meeting in Wash- ington, today through Thursday, will be a “family convention,” bringing more delegates to Washington than have been together in many years at an international meeting, Fred C. W. Parker, secretary, Kiwanis Interna- tional, explained in a radio talk last week. Parker arrived last week from Chicago to make final arrangements. “Our convention in Washington is to be a ‘family convention;’ that is, Kiwanians and their wives are bring- | ing their young people and children so that they may enjoy the educational values of a visit to this Capital and " Parker said. many years Kiwanians throughout Canada and the United States have been looking Washington- ward and anticipating the time when our International Convention would be held in the ‘Capital Beautiful’ of America. The assured prospects of an exceptional attendance at this con- vention is the best indication of the satisfaction which members take in the fact that we are to gather for our twentieth annual convention in Wash- ington. The outlook now is that we shall have the largest number that we have had for many years at our an- nual convention.” The convention, to be held at the Mayflower Hotel, is expected to bring more than 5,500 delegates to the city Mrs. Muchmore to Boston. Mrs. Sally P. Muchmore, mer dise manager of the Better Busir Bureau of Washington. will leave F | day for Boston to attend the ann convention of the Advertising Feder: tion of America as a representative .of the local bureau. The federation was formed 25 years ago by a group of national advertisers in historic Fan Hall in Boston to promote truth in ac- | vertising. One of the outgrowth: the meeting was the formation of Better Business Bureaus now opera “mg in leading cities throughout t | country. Mrs. Muchmore, who has been with | the Washington bureau office for 1. years, has had many years of exper.- ence in promoting the bureau sloga “Truth in Advertising,” and its inves ment slogan, “Before You Invest—I vestigate.” Lockard Seeks Conventions. Thomas Lockard. of the conventio: staff of the Greater National Capita. Committee of the Washington Boarc of Trade, will leave today to attend conventions at Skytop, Pa., and Bos- ton, Mass., during the coming week, | inviting them to hold their 1937 meet- ings in Washington. Lockard will accompany a large 1o- | cal delegation to the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers convention at Skytop which opens to- porrow for a three-day session. Among those who will attend the con- vention from the Washington chapter are: Col. W. A. Danielson, president: Thomas H. Urdahl. vice president William E. Kingswell, treasurer; and L. S. Ourousoffl. a member of the board of governors. Approximately 14 additional members of the local chap- ter are expected to attend The local chapter of the society, or- ganized just last year, is one of the | largest in the United States at this | time. Col. Danielson is chairman of | the national research committee of the organization, the most important po- sition, next to the presidency, in the society. Urdahl is vice chairman of the research committee. The societ: is the technical mainspring for the entire industry and is one of the few societies in the world that main- tains a research laboratory. | The estimated attendance of the | convention in Skytop is 500 delegates. | _ The convention in Boston, which ‘Locknrd will attend, is that of the { American College Publicity Associa- | tion, Friday through Sunday. Joseph ‘Murphy of Catholic University, di- rector of this region, will present a | letter at the convention in the name | of local colleges and universities ask- ing the association to meet here next | year. More than 500 delegates are-es | pected to attend the Boston conve tion. xSocith:v o.f —E\‘a;ives To Hold Outing in Frederick June 30 Members to Take Basket Lunch; Tronsportation Plans Made. ‘The Society of Natives’ annual out- ing this year will be held at Frederick, Md. on Tuesday, June 30, Ardella Payne, corresponding secretary, an- nounced yesterday. Already announcements of the event have been sent to members and other invited guests. A motor caval- cade will form at 9 am. on Sixteenth street just below Harvard street and will leave at 9:30 a.m. by way of Six- teenth street, East-West Highway to Wisconsin avenue; Rockville, Pools- ville and Buckeystown, Headquarters in Frederick are to be at the Frances Scott Key Hotel, un- der auspices of the Frederick Cham- ber of Commerce. Members and guests are asked to bring their own basket lunch for a picnic on the grounds at Braddock Heights. Transportation will be furnished by members owning automobiles. Those having cars and those desiring to go in some one else’s automobile are asked to call Miss Payne at Georgia 7838 so that accommodations for all can be arranged. Except for the picnic lunches there will be no expenses .involved in the trip. Dinner will be had at the Fran- ces Scott Key Hotel and golf at the Frederick Country Club. Those desir- ing to do so may inspect Taney house for §1. d